<p>CBI is all set to take over the probe into the death of former Rural Development Minister Gopinath Munde following a road accident here.<br /><br /></p>.<p>CBI sources said Home Ministry has recommended handing over the case to the agency and CBI has given consent to take over the probe.<br /><br />The matter will now be sent to Department of Personnel and Training, under the Prime Minister's Office, which will issue a formal notification after which CBI will take over the FIR registered by Delhi Police in this connection.<br /><br />64-year-old Munde, a popular backward class leader from Maharashtra, was on his way to Indira Gandhi Airport on June 3 when his car was hit by another vehicle at Prithviraj road-Tughlak road roundabout in the heart of the capital.<br /><br />Munde died due to shock and hemorrhage following injuries to his neck and liver after the road accident.<br /><br />The Delhi Police had registered a case against 32-year old driver Gurvinder Singh whose car hit Munde's vehicle resulting in fatal injuries.<br /><br />BJP leaders from Maharashtra including former party president Nitin Gadkari had sought a CBI inquiry into the death of Munde.<br /><br />"It is Maharashtra's public opinion that Munde's death be probed by CBI," said state BJP chief Devendra Fadnavis, who along with Gadkari met Home Minister Rajnath Singh today in this regard.<br /><br />NCP chief Sharad Pawar had also asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to initiate a CBI probe into the incident to bring out the "facts" and assuage the feelings of the BJP leader's supporters. </p>
<p>CBI is all set to take over the probe into the death of former Rural Development Minister Gopinath Munde following a road accident here.<br /><br /></p>.<p>CBI sources said Home Ministry has recommended handing over the case to the agency and CBI has given consent to take over the probe.<br /><br />The matter will now be sent to Department of Personnel and Training, under the Prime Minister's Office, which will issue a formal notification after which CBI will take over the FIR registered by Delhi Police in this connection.<br /><br />64-year-old Munde, a popular backward class leader from Maharashtra, was on his way to Indira Gandhi Airport on June 3 when his car was hit by another vehicle at Prithviraj road-Tughlak road roundabout in the heart of the capital.<br /><br />Munde died due to shock and hemorrhage following injuries to his neck and liver after the road accident.<br /><br />The Delhi Police had registered a case against 32-year old driver Gurvinder Singh whose car hit Munde's vehicle resulting in fatal injuries.<br /><br />BJP leaders from Maharashtra including former party president Nitin Gadkari had sought a CBI inquiry into the death of Munde.<br /><br />"It is Maharashtra's public opinion that Munde's death be probed by CBI," said state BJP chief Devendra Fadnavis, who along with Gadkari met Home Minister Rajnath Singh today in this regard.<br /><br />NCP chief Sharad Pawar had also asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to initiate a CBI probe into the incident to bring out the "facts" and assuage the feelings of the BJP leader's supporters. </p>